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>> how deep would it go? because i know we were mentioning earlier that this is a pretty deep part of the indian ocean. >> it's approximately about 6,000 feet deep, i think about that right now. but the good thing about it is when we talked about the elt and the transmitting of it, what prevented that from really making any kind of a noise and being able to find the black boxes was another issue with flight 447. it was 13,000 feet, almost twice as deep as what we're looking at right now, and it was a mountainous-type terrain underneath there. this is a fairly flat terrain. so, the chance of an...

Who have been looking and waiting for information about their loved ones. every lead is hope. that's the reaction of one malaysian official after hearing reports of the debris sighting in the southern indian ocean. the flight 370 families have already been briefed, and the malaysians have dispatched six navy ships and three helicopters to help with the search. sara sidner is tracking the very latest developments for us live from kuala lumpur. good morning. what can you tell us this morning? >> reporter: yeah, so, you just mentioned that the navy is going to be sending from here in malaysia six...

>> we normally release it as normal. there is no delay. it's just a normal debris also. we don't release before. >> the gentleman in that corner, please. thank you. >> introduce yourself. [ speaking foreign language ] >> all right, you've been watching a press conference from malaysia right now. that's the malaysian defense minister, the transportation minister talking about the search for flight 370, commenting on this possible debris sighting off the coast of

This is an important area to remember. we are at 90 degrees or so longitude and 44 degrees east on the latitude. why is that important? those are the same general kwoe coordtinates we have had debris sighting for the last week or so. ship assets and air assets trying to spot with their eyes what we have seen on the satellite. this is not easy because the images were taken on sunday. since sunday we have had a cyclone move through here with waves 30 to 50 feet. it has turned up all of this water. now the search teams are moving back out into very, very rough water. white caps. the or thing to k...

Longitude and 44 degrees east on the latitude. why is that important? those are the same general coordtinates we have had debris sighting for the last week or so. ship assets and air assets trying to spot with their eyes what we have seen on the satellite. this is not easy because the images were taken on sunday. since sunday we have had a cyclone move through here with waves 30 to 50 feet. it has turned up all of this water. now the search teams are moving back out into very, very rough water. white caps. the or thing to keep in mind here is that this new smaller search zone which is within t...